Transformation for Health: A Framework for Conceptualizing Health Behaviors in Vulnerable Populations

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 381-395

  Esperat, M Christina ^a   Feng, Du ^b   Zhang, Yan ^c   Masten, Yondell ^a   Allcorn, Seth ^d   Velten, Lorri ^c   Billings, Lynda ^a   Pence, Barbara ^a   Boylan, Mallory ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSUMER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTENTION; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 47949127632     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2008.04.004     Document Type: Review

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